Heavy Duty Trucking, March 2018

sponsored a Guess the Pressure contest at various truck shows and famously no driver has ever guessed the pressure within 5 psi over or under the actual inflated pressure Mike Elliott safety and maintenance director at Nashville Tennessee based MS Logistics makes a bit of a joke about checking inflation pressure during his orientation sessions He presents the drivers with a tuning fork saying its a new way of checking oil level in the engine He tells them they no longer need to pull the dipstick I tell them to strike the engine block with the tuning fork and if it sounds right the oil level is fine he says I get some odd looks and then I announce its just the same as when you hit your tires with a thumper and just about as useful If nothing else its a good way to open the discussion on tire inflation Elliott runs a lot of retreads and some drivers have strong opinions on retreads many of them inaccurate He tries to deal Once drivers realize that vigilance will keep them on the road longer without problems the better well all be Kevin Tomlinson South Shore Transportation with all that up front and then has regular meetings where the subject comes up repeatedly I show them the DOT studies on tire debris and remind them that half the tires studied back then were not retreads Elliott says From there we get into a discussion on the importance of inflation pressure and its effect on tires both new and retreads Then I tell them that all I expect them to do is check the pressure regularly and top it up when necessary I finish by reminding them that downtime hurts them too If they are stuck on the side of the road for several hours waiting for tire service because they didnt check their tires they have nobody but themselves to blame in most cases Kevin Tomlinson director of maintenance at Milan Ohios South Shore Transportation has added automatic tire inflation systems to his trailing equipment and tire pressure monitoring systems to some of his power units But he still relies on drivers to visually inspect the tires whenever they get out of the truck Its funny we hardly ever have problems with steer tires or wide base tires he says Needless to say when we bring the trucks in for service we check all the tires and tread depth and inspect for issues The best we can do is encourage the driver to keep an eye on their tires and hope it becomes a habit Once they realize that vigilance will keep them on the road longer without problems the better well all be LEGACY RESILIENCE STRENGTH ASH ADH ATH ASR ADR ASR1 ADR1 AOM AOM1 AOR AOR2 ADR2 AORV RIDE WITH THE RHINO 1 877 57RHINO www armstrongtire com AUTHORIZED ARMSTRONG DEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA USA A M Truck Tire Service Inc Philadelphia PA 215 547 9442 215 957 5060 Marc Kbapack marcamtrucktire@ verizon net Custom Bandag NYC Long Island Lower NY 908 862 2400 Fred De Jesus Jr junior@ custombandag com Moores Tire Upstate NY 800 847 5957 Bill Watkins bill@ moorestiresales com CANADA Interested in becoming a dealer Visit armstrongtire com become a dealer South Midwest Northeast West Alex Truck Tire South FL 305 888 2885 Yoany Lezcano alextruckandtire@ att net MUSU Tire GA 912 257 7180 Vladimir Voblikov vladimir@ musutire com Tire Max of South Florida South FL 786 294 7417 Josue Kahlil tiremaxinfo@ bellsouth net Total Tire Solutions LA 225 928 5505 Lynn Wiggins Total_ tire@ bellsouth net Tri State Tire Rubber Co AL 334 794 4739 Tony Strickland tsrstrick@ gmail com GM Group LLC IL 312 973 6309 Aleksandar Vucicevic sasa@ gmgroupllc com McWhorters Tire Lubbock TX 806 748 5606 Brandon Adams badams@ mcwhortersltd com Pneumatic Tire Co El Paso TX 915 440 2020 Benjamin Amaya benjamin amaya@ pneumatictireco com Northwest Wholesale Retreading OR UT WA ND SD 800 697 8973 503 585 1955 Chris Ross chris@ nwr4tires com Tires Today HI 808 688 8473 David Silva armstrong@ tirestoday com Popular Tire Ontario 905 672 6565 Daljit Sahota info@ populartire com Untitled 14 1 2 26 18 4 02 PM MARCH 2018 HDT 85 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM

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